Government cannot demonstrate value for money for untold billions of taxpayer-funded procurement - NAP 6 open contracting

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I’m sharing this report from the Public Accounts Committee published today as it highlights major issues about the quality of procurement data and transparency that are very relevant to the UK Government’s likely commitments for open contracting in the next UK NAP.

Government cannot demonstrate value for money for untold billions of taxpayer-funded procurement

“Government is unable to demonstrate value for money across billions of taxpayer pounds of public procurement. The Government spent £259bn procuring goods and services in 2021-22, but a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report published today finds that it is unable to demonstrate that it is achieving value for money in public procurement, due to significant issues with the quality and completeness of data on contracts.”
13 December 2023
https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/127/public-accounts-committee/news/198939/government-cannot-demonstrate-value-for-money-for-untold-billions-of-taxpayerfunded-procurement/#:~:text=The%20Government%20spent%20£259bn,completeness%20of%20data%20on%20contracts.

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There is fraud and corruption through these contracts. Whether Covid contracts given to politicians friends, who made up companies for the occasion, or contracts given to sanctioned Russian oligarchs with close ties to Putin. That is what is happening and we have got the research in hand to prove it. madeleyandwhitmorevillagesstophs2